Charlotte Perriand

CHARLOTTE PERRIAND (France, 1903 - 1999).
Table lamp Jumo 600.
Chromed metal.
Measurements. 45 x 13 x 13 cm.

Office lamp of totally functional design, characterized by its refined forms and the use of industrial materials, an eloquent example of the most advanced design of the modern movement. It has a low base, a metal rod shaft and a hemicycle diffuser, matching the truncated cone base and adjustable in its inclination.

Charlotte Perriand worked in Le Corbusier's studio as head of furniture and interiors. She was a French artist, architect and designer of great international prestige, promoter of modern interior architecture. Inspired by Japanese minimalism, she developed the concept of storage furniture and, together with Jean Prouvé, practiced the democratization of interior design with key pieces of the twentieth century. She became known at the age of 24 with her "Bar sous le Toit" in chromed steel and anodized aluminum, which was presented at the 1927 Salon d'Automne. Shortly thereafter he began his more than ten-year career alongside Pierre Jeanneret and Le Corbusier. In 1927 he established his first studio of his own. He developed the concept of domestic storage and multifunctional furniture, equipping interiors for an emerging way of life and standardizing decoration, thus fleeing from all extravagance.